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YouTube Comments are Worthless

Seriously. Why do I even bother accepting (or reading) comments on YouTube? The other day, someone accused me of doing nothing but advertising for other companies – but they asserted this accusation for the video in which I was doing nothing but throwing a snowball into the camera’s lens. WTF?! Today, this happened:

chrispirillo: Someone just called me a Dutchbag on YouTube. Should I be offended? Is this a bad thing? Better than Italianbag, Frenchbag?
about 56 minutes ago
ammunix: rofl
about 55 minutes ago
MarjyMeechan: What's going on over at Youtube? Somebody else told me they were blocking people. Is it getting rowdy over there?
about 55 minutes ago
gourmeted: Hahaha.
about 55 minutes ago
andycaster: well..they say if you aren't dutch, you aren't much! must be a compliment!
about 54 minutes ago
mxgirl22: lol dutchbag. People on You Tube are so smart haha
about 54 minutes ago
JLHughes: That's better than a bag of Dutch…I think.
about 54 minutes ago
dbhaffey: they were probably half in the bag?
about 54 minutes ago
craigsutton: I think it just means you dont like tipping at the grocery store
about 54 minutes ago
DennisWhite: LOL
about 54 minutes ago
jeffery300: lol
about 54 minutes ago
techlover: You know what they meant…
about 54 minutes ago
charliejennings: chris, you are a douche bag. But not as much of a douch bag as the douche bag that mis-spelt the word douche bag.
about 53 minutes ago
Nathan_halo9: No need to worry,just ell them to spell it right next time.PS I didn't know that a English major can say “Aint” on youtube!
about 53 minutes ago
KevinLittleton: I'm Dutch and I think “dutchbag” is hilarious! Don't be offended, say thank you!
about 53 minutes ago
dmerwrock: bag of Dutch. iunno… that's a tough call. I'd sleep on it. xD
about 53 minutes ago
iUberGeek: Egregious spelling errors render insults comically invalid :).
about 53 minutes ago
sophiaperennis: Being a Dutchbag is a privilege if ya ask me. :D
about 53 minutes ago
Schmal: lol, kinda like: your fucking stupid
about 53 minutes ago
awesomenossum: Yeah, that's usually not a good thing. I'd be a little offended.
about 53 minutes ago
ericpratum: Hmm… I'd say it's better than Spanishbag, but not as good as Germanbag… unless you wanna get technical…
about 53 minutes ago
dkmeister: who what it? sxephil? If its him feel honored you will get lot of 'fame'
about 52 minutes ago
joshua_w: What about Canadianbag? That's the WORST! :P
about 52 minutes ago
Chris_Jenkins: RE:Dutchbag I think it's a compliment, the dutch have very nice bags. Be happy and thank them. :)
about 52 minutes ago
orcaman42: I'd publicly ask him to use a dicktionary
about 52 minutes ago
musicloverchick: Heehee, that is really hilarious….I'm going to laugh like an idiot cause it'll be stuck in my head now, Dutchbag…haha
about 52 minutes ago
Xentagz: dutchbag = good:-)
about 50 minutes ago
sciamachy: Well, I was always taught the French & Italians made great bags
about 50 minutes ago
mixman55: yo bro u should report them now
about 49 minutes ago
ponet: Or “half of this, half of that bag!”
about 49 minutes ago
idumych: that's kind of a douchey reaction >_>
about 49 minutes ago
compuhelp101: lol its pronounced “doosh-bag”, well not really, they are just jealous of you
about 49 minutes ago
mellibel: you should send them a thank you gift, and make it a dictionary with a spell checker
about 49 minutes ago
Dortz: nah. Dutchbag is so much better. Nobody hates the Dutch.
about 49 minutes ago
Nkosi868: I envy the scholars on YouTube…..
about 49 minutes ago
triFeral: Are you even dutch?
about 48 minutes ago
secretgiftgirl: Sounds like a complement to me ;) http://bit.ly/2iGYB9 Bosboom makes very nice “dutchbags.”
about 48 minutes ago
ScottEO: beats being ignored ;-)
about 48 minutes ago
dette4556: Hahahaha I am not sure if you should be offended with that or not
about 47 minutes ago
tylergillies: at least they didn't call you a dirty Seattle hippy
about 46 minutes ago
akirareiko: hilarious!
about 46 minutes ago
brennanmuir: i wouldnt
about 44 minutes ago
emilyrlerner: I'm pretty sure Frenchbag is the worst of the worst, followed by Dutchbag, then Italianbag.
about 43 minutes ago
DacoTaco: dutchbag? how is that even an english word? o_O; if it is..i guess thats good cause of the weed in holland o.o
about 43 minutes ago
andrew42092: Just Ignore it. Not Worth being offended over. Trust me :)
about 41 minutes ago
mtpflyers: dutchbag? WTF? I wonder if this 12 year old thought he was typing douchbag but failed? Kids can't live without spell check..
about 39 minutes ago
atulkarmarkar: perhaps they meant “douchebag” ? :)
about 38 minutes ago
odaynasser: hahhahhah
about 38 minutes ago
EricJacksch: LOL Sounds like you were insulted by the illiterate squad.
about 38 minutes ago
WrathOskvro: Sheesh Chris, you're such a dutchbag. :P
about 37 minutes ago
sketchee: Was this someone you know or just the usual internet background noise?
about 36 minutes ago
Aswell: or canadabag…
about 33 minutes ago
j_holtslander: A Dutchbag? You sure it wasn't Douchebag? Not saying you are, just never heard of Dutchbag before.
about 33 minutes ago
LivingRichLee: Does that mean he shares your baggage with you? Perhaps a new form of empathy. Definately a compliment. :-D
about 32 minutes ago
grantbourque: you should be glad that you got name called by a complete loser
about 32 minutes ago
bls4design08: That's hilarious! Your a real wallet I guess! http://tinyurl.com/dh8jh8
about 31 minutes ago
IanMcNaughton: haha, think the spelling is messed Dutchbag- Douchbag! and ya, Chris, it's not flattering and I am sure not accurate! :o)
about 30 minutes ago
bls4design08: That would make for a great list! The top 10 insult misfires.
about 27 minutes ago
bcarcio: send the link, Dutch Boy
about 25 minutes ago
straightahead: what sort of axent did the person have? lol
about 19 minutes ago
edgewoodblake83: Jack from Jack in the Box is back dude.
about 8 minutes ago

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32 Comments

i Get nothing but crap from people on mine

chris you have a good point

*lmao’s @ teh interwebz*

Ads by Google is priceless, here. Advertising “Only Product With FDA Mrkt Approval Proven to Eliminate Vaginal Odor! ” Chris, I guess you really are “doing nothing but advertising for other companies.” :)

dutchbag ???? are people really that stupid ???? its spelled douche bag. i love stupid people … at least they didn’t call you frenchbag !!!

i bet ponzi has some nice Prada dutchbags !! hahahah lolololol

I thought there was a way to weed out the useless comments. Maybe not, I myself don’t really use youtube that often. If they don’t like you or your videos why would they even make a post about it? I personally enjoy listening to your chatter and reading your blogs daily. I say keep up the good work.

Chris, I’ve noticed that some people are always criticizing you in their YouTube comments.

I suggest you continue to ignore them.

Or you could do what I do. Delete the messages and block the users.

Of course one guy does this to me every week, and keeps coming back with a new name.

… and the people that commented here on what the original was supposed to mean – more lol fodder (Did you hope your readers were smarter than YouTube watchers?)

I once won an argument over a YouTube comment-board…

i haven’t a clue lol

You are a tool Chris and It has worked for you.

I thought you had been used to it by now.

Get your Dutchbag t-shirts here! Dutchbag mugs! Dutchbag beanie caps! And of course the legendary Dutchbag holdall!

You’re right of course. I was chatting on MSN about World in Conflict, so I decided to watch the whitesnake video. All the comments are now marked as spam :p

[...] just looked into Twitter and found that Chris Pirillo tweeted this link. I viewed it and the first comment was from him, he was called a Dutchbag. LOL. Actually, if I was [...]

Pass the Dutchy to the left hand side?

I say you are 10 pounds of Dutch in a 5 pound bag!

Whatever that means…

youtube comments are worthless and stupid which is why when i post videos on youtube i don’t allow comments…i dont have time for stupidity in my life

Chris you Deutschlandbag.. =P

Eh. Youtube comments are kind of the bottom of the barrel for a good part. Its like all the “look mom! Im using the Internet!” crowd congregates in high concentration there.

Youtube = modern day TV

Couch potatoes arent always the most socially smart creatures.

Oh, as for your vids getting attacked, I been there. There is a huge discussion about my *ahem, chuckle* weight problem* on my Krystal Workout video.

I think he was implying that you are a stoner…
Or that you love Gouda cheese. Which is worse than Douche Bag.

Well… better than WinBag.

I’ve been called worse on youtube. I’ve received racial and ethnic slurs and those pretty much forced me to moderate my comments and even pull a few of my videos. Some people on Youtube really are dutchbags LOL!

What?! You’ve been on how long?

Don’t you realize that you aren’t a true “Youtubian” unless you’ve had a few stupid hater’s comments?

In all seriousness, “haterz” come in waves. You’ll be cruising along just fine with all kinds of decent comments and then – Bam! – you are hit with a lot of bad ones. I wonder if some are actually just one person who posts from different profiles, or it’s just a bunch of friends who get together to blast you with stupidity, thinking that they are actually funny.

Maybe we can create a new badge of honor for the person who’s been insulted the most on YouTube ?
Chris you’ve got my vote !!! :)

I would report this to the police. Pretty sure they’ll get right on it.

I totally agree with Chris on this one all I see on Youtube as far as comments go are rude people I have seen some of the bad ones about Chris on his videos and I usually leave a good comment and tell the others to stop with the rude comments (liked they would listen to me anyways heh.) One of my online friends has MD and Diabetes and I can’t believe what some of the rude people on Youtube say in their comments it’s really sad to see.

Wow, it gets to this. really. wow wtf

lol that is funny.Prolly some little kid trying to act cool

Youtube comments are as useful as used toilet paper. Lock them out and embed your Youtube link into a blog page elsewhere where the useful discussion can happen. Seems to work pretty well for the microprocessor and electronic development discussion blogs I go to. The average Youtube commenter has very little to contribute intellectually to this planet so I don’t even bother scrolling the page to view them.

Fort banned me from live chat for bringing it up there. This is the joke the keeps on giving.

Of course, nothing interesting or important ever happens on the internet.

At least they didn’t say you were a teabagger LOL

Nobody knows how to spell… OR use grammar… on the internet. Nor do they know how to respect opinions. :P So I just figure, ‘Whoever is acting like a total jerk on YouTube today is just having a bad day or something… they can’t help it.”

It looks like we are going back to “publishers or video posted should rule.” era. I look into comments all the time for different opinions. The Comments field gives rights to the viewers. They belongs to the viewers, not the owners or publishers of the post. Youtube is going down and is becoming frauds and blocks for free flow of information. We should assert Comments are belong to the viewers. It is a right for the Internet public. We can set limits but grammar or language should not be the crucial factors.

What Do You Think?